Labour Practices & Human Rights

Respecting human rights and adopting good labour practices helps us live our Values. Having a robust Speak Up procedure and channels for people to raise concerns enables us to deliver on this commitment. Our commitment to labour practices and human rights and our associated policies and procedures also help us to recruit and retain talented people around the world. Maintaining good employee relations makes us a stronger and better company capable of winning market share and performing well for all our stakeholders.

Everyone at Subsea7 must abide by our Code of Conduct. Fundamentally our Code is all about standing up for human rights in all we do, wherever we work, so no-one is ever mistreated, abused or exploited by us or anyone we work with. Our Human Rights Policy Statement makes it explicitly clear that we will not accept any abuse of human rights, including forced or involuntary labour, and we will not work with suppliers or partners that do.

Subsea7 is proud to be a signatory to the UN Global Compact, in which the United Nations has set out 10 principles covering human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. We have also signed up to support the Worker Welfare Principles set out by the Building Responsibly organisation, of which we became a Board member in 2021.

We support the rights of our people to freedom of association and collective bargaining. By working with established international compacts, standards and organisations we aim to present a united international business community where we stand alongside others in our industry and other industries worldwide to put a stop to human rights abuses. 

We are committed to fair and lawful employment practices across the Company and throughout our supply chain. We are an equal opportunities employer and seek to protect our people from discrimination, bullying and harassment. As a minimum we comply with national legal requirements regarding wages and working hours everywhere we have operations. We also apply the International Labour Organization’s standards regarding child labour and the minimum working age.

We are also committed to working with suppliers and partners whose human rights standards are consistent with our own. We require our suppliers to uphold the same standards when dealing with their employees, contract staff and subcontractors. We require them to commit to our Code of Conduct for Suppliers (which includes human rights and labour practices), and we encourage them to expect the same of us and report any behaviour that is inconsistent with this code. If they are not comfortable reporting to Subsea7 directly, we encourage the use of our externally administered confidential reporting line, Safecall.